Alaska Daily Press, Juneau Woman's Club Edition

mnsss213 Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers, 1932-1969 Finding Aid Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup and Jennifer Smar. 2006-02-01 Finding aid written in English. Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers, 1932-1969 Finding Aid MS 15 2005

Collection Overview Beggs, Vera W. (Vera Wadsworth), d. 1968. Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers1932-1969 MS 15 2 boxes (1 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Pacifist; Suffragist; Civic leader; International relations specialist. This small collection of Vera Beggs' papers includes extensive correspondence to and from Carrie Chapman Catt describing women's rights and peace activism and organizations. Biographical Note

Portrait of Vera W. Beggs, undated

Pacifist, suffragist, civic leader, and international relations specialist, Vera Beggs worked closely with Carrie Chapman Catt from 1933 to 1938 as chairman of the Marathon Round Tables, a study and discussion project concerned with U. S. foreign policy carried on through the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War (NCCCW). Beggs chaired the NCCCW in the early 1940s and continued to be involved with its successor, the Women's Action Committee for Lasting Peace. She served as chairman of the Department of International Relations for the General Federation of Women's Clubs and in this capacity organized and conducted a Good Neighbor Tour of South America in 1940. Vera Wadsworth Beggs' date of birth is unknown; she died in 1968.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers consist of correspondence, clippings, and organization files. The collection contains extensive correspondence of Carrie Chapman Catt describing women's rights work and activities for peace. The papers also contain materials relating to the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship, the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War, the Foreign Policy Association, the New York Herald Tribune's Inter-American Conferences, and the Woman's Action Committee for Lasting Peace.

Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

Copyright ownership of Vera Wadsworth Beggs' writings is unknown. Permission must be obtained to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." Copyright to materials authored by persons other than Vera Wadsworth Beggs may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

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Vera Wadsworth Beggs Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

Search Terms International relations specialists--United States--Biography--Sources Women and peace--History--20th century--Sources Women--Suffrage--United States-History--Sources Women's rights--International cooperation--History--20th century--Sources Beggs, Vera W. (Vera Wadsworth), d. 1968. Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 General Federation of Women's Clubs International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War (U.S.)--History Peace movements--History--20th century--Sources Additional Information 1 1 Contents 1 2 Photographs, n.d. 1 3 Carrie Chapman Catt: correspondence and printed material, 1933-54 1 4 Correspondence and clippings, 1935-68 1 General Federation of Women's Clubs 1 5 Script of pageant, "The Nations Speak," by the International Relations Department of the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs, 1932 1 6 Correspondence, 1950-53 1 7 Articles, notes, and printed material, 1940-65 1 8 Alaska Daily Press, Juneau Woman's Club Edition , 1939 1 9-10 International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship: papers from congress in Istanbul, 1935 1 National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War 2 1 Proceedings for annual fall meeting, 1942 2 2 Minutes of the Administrative Committee, 1941-43 2 3 Marathon Round Table Discussion Program: printed material, 1937-39 2 4 Conference materials and other papers, 1934-42 2 5 Miscellaneous printed material, 1934-50 2 6 Foreign Policy Association: Headline books, 1936-39 2 7 New York Herald Tribune , Inter-American Conferences: agendas, speeches, and miscellaneous papers, 1940 2 8 Woman's Action Committee for Lasting Peace: mailings, 1949